A strong and successful leader became 'cyning', the Anglo-Saxon word for 'king'. Each king ruled a kingdom and led a small army. The Anglo-Saxon kings were from ruling families who passed ...

How was Anglo-Saxon Britain ruled? Find out about the five main Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Britain and how they were ruled. Who was Alfred the Great? Who was Alfred, and why was he so great?

Oxford was part of a defensive network throughout the Anglo Saxon Kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex against the Vikings. Mr Ford added: "Using specialist equipment to extract cores of earth from deep ...